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HERCULEAN
Definition of HERCULEAN
adjective
Alternative letter-case form of Herculean.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HERCULEAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 211 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
HERCULEAN starts with H and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHLNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found HERCULEAN?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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